PREVIEW: At the Artery, Nu Sensae does it up Old School
Forget e-mail. Vancouver punk duo Nu Sensae is connecting with its fans the old-fashioned way. The band launched a fan club a couple months ago, and has already packaged and mailed out flyers, buttons and other goodies to fans all over the world. Nu Sensae will show you just how much noise two people can […]
Messin’ With the Kid: Rock’s NAACP controversy
What was that we were just saying about bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy? They must be magic words! Utter them and Kid Rock will appear – playing Rexall Place Saturday, May 21. He’s touring with the Twisted Brown Trucker Band behind his new album, Born Free. Tickets are $29.50, $49.50 or $69.50 and go […]
Deja vu all over again as Supertramp hits Edmonton June 5
Supertramp is coming! Now we know what you’re saying: Supertramp? Weren’t they just here? Are there two Supertramps? Have the two parallel universes collided? Help! Relax. The confusion you are feeling is natural. It’s common in classic rock circles to ask: who the bloody hell is in my favourite band now? The “real” Supertramp, which includes basically everybody except […]
EDMONTON RADIO: Battle of the morning zoos
It was an experiment that tested the limits of human endurance – listen to three-and-a-half straight hours of morning FM radio, talk only, to scientifically determine who has the best morning zoo in Edmonton. It’s like Robot Chicken: Get a decent punchline or hear anything other than DJ banter and one must immediately flip to […]
POETRY: the deep meaning of rap-rock lyrics
Who knows where the cookie came from in Limp Bizkit’s 1999 hit Nookie, nor why the song’s subject was told to stick it up her ‘Yeah.’ I also never quite deciphered what Kid Rock meant by “bawitdaba da bang a dang diggy.” Angry rap-rock bands provided a smorgasbord of horribly juvenile lyrics, and perhaps that’s […]
Tripping back to Supertramp
If you’re looking for an Edmonton connection to Supertramp’s Roger Hodgson, who played Saturday (March 5) at the River Cree Casino – you couldn’t do much better than Andy O’Kell. The drummer was part of a group of local musicians crazy enough to do something no other local band had ever done before – or […]
SYSTEM OF A DOWN HERE MAY 10 – area metalheads rejoice
Why don’t presidents fight the war? This is just one of many good questions posed by System of a Down, possibly one of the greatest modern heavy metal bands ever. No, not possibly. It is the greatest. Argue all you like, dudes. No one’s going to hear you at the band’s highly-anticipated concert in Edmonton, […]
LADIES’ MEN: Josh, Keith and Burton scheduled to woo your wives
When Josh Groban says he’s going to “do one for the ladies,” he’s not just kidding around – they’re ALL for the ladies. That goes double for Keith Urban. Attention females of Edmonton: Both of these amazingly hot hunka hunka burnin’ love superstars are coming to Edmonton this September. Groban takes the stage […]
FUNK ALERT! Alarm set to attack Edmonton with skanktastic beats, riotous horns, disruptive attire
Almost exactly one year ago, Canada was tied with the U.S. in overtime of the gold medal hockey game at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. The air was tense across the nation, and not far from GM Place where the game was being played, one band waited for what might be the best or worst gig […]
